The
seasons that the Lord has created
for us are so beautiful. Springtime and Summer. Autumn and
Winter.
When I lived up north I had all the four seasons. Of course in
the south we don't get snow but it does get
cold down here. October is the beginning of relief from the hot
humid days. I think that our blood
really does get thinner. We put the heat on if it is below 60
degrees and because it is so humid
we have a damp cold. It's time to get out our sweaters and sweat
suits.

"While
the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat,
and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."
~Genesis 8:22~

October
is also the "Pray through the Window" Month. It is the
10/40 window.

October is the 10th month of the
year according to the Gregorian calendar, which is used in almost
all the world
today. Its name comes from the Latin word for eight. October was
the 8th month in the early Roman calendar.
It later became the 10th month when the ancient Romans moved the
beginning of the year from March
1 to January 1. October has had 31 days since the time of the
Roman emperor Augustus.

In the North Temperate Zone, the first frost usually occurs in
October. Farmers must finish harvesting
most crops, but the cold weather does not come to stay. Days of
warm, hazy sunshine still appear. They
inspired poets to sing the praises of October and Indian summer.
Leaves change to brilliant crimson,
russet, and gold. Wild asters, goldenrod, and fringed gentians
bloom at this time. The frost kills
many insects, and most birds have left for the South, but
sparrows are fond of October. They
are seedeaters, and the fields and meadows are rich with seeds.
Sparrows eat millions of
weed seeds that might otherwise damage the next crop.

Activities. Farmers bring in the fall
crops and store them or ship them to market. A few fruits, such
as apples and grapes, are still on trees and vines in some areas.
Many apples are harvested at the
end of October. The excitement of football dominates the sports
scene, though the World Series
steals some of the spotlight. Hockey teams begin their schedules
in October.

Special Days: On the second Monday in
October, schools and various organizations
celebrate Columbus Day. This holiday honors
Christopher Columbus' arrival
in America on Oct. 12, 1492.

Pastor Appreciation Day: It is celebrated the
second Sunday in October. Remember to express
your appreciation to your Pastor this month. Be creative! You are
only limited by your own imagination!

On the evening of Halloween, the last day of October,
children disguise themselves with
masks and costumes and go from door to door asking for a treat.
For a Christian
Perspective on Halloween visit: Annie's Halloween Page

October symbols - The calendula is the
special flower for October.
The birthstones for this month are the opal and the tourmaline.

QuotationsOctober
turned my maple's leaves to gold;
The most are gone now; here and there one lingers;
Soon these will slip from out the twig's weak hold,
Like coins between a dying miser's fingers.
Source: Thomas Bailey Aldrich

There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir;
We must rise and follow her,
When from every hill of flame
She calls, and calls each vagabond by name.
Source: Bliss Carman

October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came;
The ashes, oaks, and maples,
And those of every name.
Source: George Cooper

"There be
four things which are little upon the earth, but they are
exceeding wise:
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in
the summer;
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in
the rocks;
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings'
palaces."
~Proverbs 30:24-28~

October 2009
Cards can be sent today and postdated for delivery on the
appropriate day!
I add new cards when they come available so stop back
regularly.
You don't want to miss any of the special opportunities
to encourage others.
October is Clergy Appreciation
&
Cancer Awareness
Month.

--.
Child Health Day - First Monday in October.
--. Columbus Day - Second Monday in
October. Celebrates the landing of Christopher Columbus
at San Salvador, 1492.
--. Canadian
Thanksgiving Day - Second Monday in October.
--. Thanksgiving Day - Virgin Islands.

October
1--Free
rural delivery of mail began in the United States,
1896.--First "Model T" Ford put on the market,
1908.--Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States,
born in Plains, Ga., 1924. October 2--Mohandas Gandhi,
Indian political leader, born 1869.--Cordell Hull,
American statesman, born 1871. October 3--George Bancroft,
American historian, born 1800.--Eleonora Duse, Italian
actress, born 1859. ~ October 4--Rutherford B.
Hayes, 19th President of the United States, born at
Delaware, Ohio, 1822.--Painter Jean Francois Millet born
1814.--Artist Frederic Remington born 1861. --The Soviet
Union launched first artificial satellite, 1957.October 5--Gregorian
calendar introduced, 1582.--Denis Diderot, French author,
born 1713.--Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the
United States, born in Fairfield, Vt., 1829.--Joshua
Logan, American playwright, born 1908.--President Harry
S. Truman made the first presidential telecast address
from the White House, 1947. October 6--Jenny Lind,
Swedish singer, born 1820.--George Westinghouse, American
inventor, born 1846.--Le Corbusier, Swiss-born architect,
born 1887.--Anwar el-Sadat, president of Egypt,
assassinated in Cairo, 1981.October 7--First
double-decked steamboat, the Washington, arrived at New
Orleans, 1816.--James Whitcomb Riley, Hoosier poet, born
1849.--Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, born 1885. October 8--John M. Hay,
American statesman, born 1838.--Chicago fire began, and
burned for about 30 hours, 1871.--Eddie Rickenbacker,
American air ace, born 1890. October 9--Camille
Saint-Saens, French composer, born 1835. October 10--Henry Cavendish,
English scientist, born 1731.--Giuseppe Verdi, Italian
opera composer, born 1813.--U.S. Naval Academy opened at
Annapolis, Md., 1845.--Norwegian explorer and statesman
Fridtjof Nansen born 1861.--Helen Hayes, American
actress, born 1900. October 11--Eleanor
Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, born
1884.--Francois Mauriac, French novelist, born 1885. October 12--Columbus landed
in America, 1492.--Ralph Vaughan Williams, British
composer, born 1872. October 13--White House
cornerstone laid, 1792.--Rudolf Virchow, German
scientist, born 1821. October 14--William the
Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings, which assured the
conquest of England, 1066.--William Penn, founder of
Pennsylvania, born 1644.--Eamon de Valera, president of
the Irish Republic, born 1882.--Dwight D. Eisenhower,
34th President of the United States, born at Denison,
Tex., 1890.--E. E. Cummings, American poet, born 1894. October 15--Virgil, Roman
poet, born 70 B.C.--J. F. Pilatre de Rozier became first
person to make an ascent in a captive balloon,
1783.--Helen Hunt Jackson, American novelist, born
1830.--Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche born
1844.--Clayton Antitrust Act became law, 1914. October 16--Dictionary editor
Noah Webster born 1758.--Oscar Wilde, Irish-born
dramatist, born 1854.--David Ben-Gurion, Israeli prime
minister and Zionist leader, born 1886.--Eugene O'Neill,
American playwright and Nobel Prize winner, born 1888. October 17--British general
John Burgoyne surrendered his army at Saratoga,
1777.--Abolitionist John Brown and his men seized the
United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Va. (now W. Va.),
1859. October 18--Henri Bergson,
French philosopher, born 1859.--The United States flag
was formally raised over Alaska, 1867.--Pierre Elliott
Trudeau, prime minister of Canada, born 1919.October 19--First general
court in New England held, Boston, 1630.--British troops
under Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, 1781.--Thomas
Edison began first successful demonstration of his
electric light, 1879. October 20--Architect Sir
Christopher Wren born 1632.--John Dewey, American
philosopher, born 1859. October 21--Magellan entered
strait that bears his name, 1520.--Hokusai, Japanese
artist, born 1760.--Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English
poet, born 1772.--U.S.S. Constitution, better known as
Old Ironsides, launched, 1797.--British Admiral Nelson
was killed defeating the French and Spanish at Trafalgar,
1805.--Alfred Nobel, Swedish philanthropist and founder
of the Nobel Prize, born 1833. October 22--Franz Liszt,
Hungarian composer, born 1811.--Sam Houston inaugurated
as first president of the Republic of Texas, 1836. October 23--British began
offensive at El Alamein in Egypt in World War II,
1942.--Battle for Leyte Gulf in the Philippines began in
World War II, 1944. October 24--Anton van
Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist and naturalist, born
1632.--First transcontinental telegram sent,
1861.--United Nations formally established when necessary
number of members ratified charter, 1945. October 25--Henry V of
England defeated French at Agincourt in Hundred Years'
War, 1415.--Thomas B. Macaulay, English historian, born
1800.--"Waltz King" Johann Strauss, Jr., born
1825.--Georges Bizet, French composer, born
1838.--Spanish painter Pablo Picasso born 1881.--Richard E. Byrd,
American polar explorer, born 1888. October 26--Helmuth von
Moltke, Prussian general, born 1800. -- Erie Canal opened
to traffic, 1825. October 27--Niccolo Paganini,
Italian violinist, born 1782.--The Federalist papers
began appearing in the New York newspaper Independent
Journal, 1787.--Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the
United States, born in New York City, 1858.--Captain
James Cook, English explorer, born 1728. October 28--Harvard College
founded, 1636.--Statue of Liberty dedicated, 1886.--Jonas
Salk, American developer of a polio vaccine, born 1914. October 29--James Boswell,
Scottish biographer of Samuel Johnson, born
1740.--Cartoonist Bill Mauldin born 1921.--Blackest day
in stock market history, 1929. October 30--John Adams,
second President of the United States, born in Braintree
(now Quincy), Mass., 1735.--Benito Mussolini, founder of
fascism, became premier of Italy, 1922.October 31--According to
tradition, the day Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to
the door of a church at Wittenberg, 1517.--Jan Vermeer,
Dutch painter, born 1632.--King's College (now Columbia
University) founded, 1754.--Nevada became the 36th state,
1864.--Sir Hubert Wilkins, Australian explorer, born
1888.

OCTOBER
MONTH EVENTS & FLOATING HOLIDAYSColumbus Day honors Christopher
Columbus' first voyage to America in 1492. Columbus Day
became a legal federal holiday in the United States in 1971. It
is celebrated on the
second Monday in October. Before 1971, a number of states
celebrated Columbus Day on
October 12. Cities and organizations sponsor parades and banquets
on Columbus Day.
Visit: Annie's Columbus Day Page

World Series: The American and National
League pennant winners meet in the World Series. The first team
to win four series games wins the world championship. The World
Series is one of the world's major sports events. Played every
year since 1903--except in 1904 and 1994--it captures the
interest of millions of people. Many people who have only a small
interest in Baseballfollow the series. TV and
radio stations send play-by-play coverage of the series
throughout the United States and to many other countries.

Homecoming: In October, American
students and teachers prepare for "Homecoming". All
high schools and colleges usually have a "Homecoming"
celebration with sports games (football or soccer), dances,
barbeques, and parades. During "Homecoming", past
students return to visit their high school or college, and they
see many of their friends and teachers. Many high schools have
special school days in October. On these days, all students wear
their school's colors or dress in their school's sports uniforms
to show their encouragement or 'school spirit' for Homecoming.
Fall sports such as football, soccer, and cross-country running
finish their seasons in October with a tournament or state-wide
competition.

Fall
Feasts of JudaismFive
Jewish holidays are celebrated in September or early October.
They are Rosh
Ha-Shanah, or New Year; Tzom Gedaliah, a fast day; Yom Kippur,
the Day of
Atonement; Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles; and Simhat Torah, a
day of rejoicing.
Please Note: All Jewish holidays begin the evening before the
dates listed.
Learn all about the Jewish Feasts & their fulfillment at: Annie's Feasts Page

Generally here
in the United States October is when the weather starts to
change. CHANGE is really the key word for October.

What's
happening in October? Special days - The Statue of Liberty was
dedicated on October 28 in 1886. Did you know that the face of
the statue was modeled after the features of the sculptor's
mother?
Halloween brings October to a close on the 31st. Do you know why
pumpkins with carved faces are called jack-o-lanterns? Visit my Annie's HALLOWEEN Page to find out.

Safety - The first week of October is Fire
Prevention Week in the United States. Do you know what
to do in case of a fire? Make sure you change the battery in your
smoke detector this month and
also make sure the fire extinguisher is functioning properly.

Activities - Planning a trip to see
the fall colors? Make sure you find out about autumn
festivities in the "Annual events" before you go.